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It was the world’s largest sporting event since the outbreak of the Corona crisis. There were only a few masks to be seen. In Australia, almost 50,000 people attended a rugby game in the port city of Brisbane. On Wednesday (local time) 49,155 fans watched the decisive game of the final series “State of Origin” at Suncorp Stadium as Queensland won 20:14 against New South Wales. The stadium was thus almost sold out, only a few people wearing masks could be seen on pictures. According to the organizers, it was…

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There may be a first case of coronavirus in the island state of Samoa in Polynesia. A sailor tested positive for the virus after returning to Samoa from Europe via New Zealand, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said today. A second test, however, had turned out negative. The man is in isolation in a hospital. In a speech to the nation, Malielegaoi called on the citizens to calm down. The government’s plan for dealing with Covid-19 is being implemented. A cabinet meeting was scheduled for the afternoon. Samoa was one…

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Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, more than a quarter of a million people in the USA have died after infection with the virus. This was revealed on Wednesday evening (local time) from data at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. In no other country in the world is such a high number of deaths known. Since the end of September alone, 50,000 people have died. The USA is at a “dangerous point” in the pandemic, Admiral Brett Giroir, who is a member of the Corona working group in the…

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In Germany, health authorities have reported 22,609 new corona infections to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within 24 hours. This is a good 5,000 more cases than on Wednesday (17,561), according to information from the RKI on Thursday morning. Compared to the figure from a week ago, slightly more cases were reported. Last Thursday, the number of new infections reported was 21,866. The peak was reached last Friday with 23,542 reported cases. The RKI counts a total of 855,916 confirmed infections with Sars-CoV-2 in Germany since the beginning of the…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed concern about the sharp rise in the number of deaths among coronavirus patients in Russia. The authorities reported 456 deaths today – more than ever before in one day since the beginning of the pandemic in Russia. As recently as spring, Russia had caused a sensation in an international comparison with low death rates. Putin had called this a success of his policy. The number of newly infected people was today put at 20,985. 34,387 people have died with the virus so far. The…

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